Known to local homeless organisations as “Albertos”, the man in his 20s was found dead at the Titanic train halt

A memorial service is to be held for "Albertos", the homeless man who took his own life in Belfast last weekend.

Members of "Hope Outreach For The Homeless" have arranged for the service to take place on Tuesday, December 15, at 7.30pm at the location where his body was found.

Known to local homeless organisations as “Albertos”, the man in his 20s was found dead at the Titanic train halt. He had been living on the streets for at least six months after coming to Belfast for work.

While fears had been expressed over the repatriation of Albertos to his home country of Russia, it is understood that his family has made appropriate arrangements.

Donna Connor told Belfast Live: "Albertos was a guy who I met six months ago when I first joined Outreach.

"He was always the same way: "Happy, smiling with a hug and kiss for us all. He will be sorely missed by all our volunteers and also the homeless community.

"The homeless people are all like a family,they look out for each other and we at Hope Outreach regard each and every one a part of our extended family and they are always a big part of our daily lives.

"Anyone wishing to join us on Tuesday is more than welcome to meet with us at train station where we will proceed to the spot our friend passed away."